Thomas Hees with his Nephews Jan and Andries Hees and a Servant by Michiel van Musscher (1645-1705) oil on canvas, 1687. Thomas Hees served as a diplomat in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Among other duties, he negotiated the purchase of the freedom of Dutch slaves and protested against the privateering of Dutch ships. Hees had himself portrayed in a relaxed pose, smoking and surrounded by the treasures he had acquired in North Africa. An inscription on the back of this painting gives his servants name and age: Thomas the negro, 17 years old.

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Thomas Hees with his Nephews Jan and Andries Hees and a Servant by Michiel van Musscher (1645-1705) oil on canvas, 1687. Thomas Hees served as a diplomat in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Among other duties, he negotiated the purchase of the freedom of Dutch slaves and protested against the privateering of Dutch ships. Hees had himself portrayed in a relaxed pose, smoking and surrounded by the treasures he had acquired in North Africa. An inscription on the back of this painting gives his servants name and age: Thomas the negro, 17 years old.

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